Children's Rights in Africa

A Legal Perspective
Herausgeber: Sloth-Nielsen, Julia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an assessment of children's rights in Africa, this volume examines how international and regional law, policy and practice are integrated into various countries. Notwithstanding the particular challenges facing the African continent, the authors argue that there are ample grounds for optimism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780754648871
• ISBN-10: 0754648877
• Artikelnr.: 45540227

Autorenporträt

Julia Sloth-Nielsen is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has published extensively in South Africa and internationally and has served on the editorial board of the International Journal on Children's Rights since 1996.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1; Chapter 1 Children's Rights and the Law in African Context,
JuliaSloth-Nielsen; Chapter 2 The Regional System of Protection of Human
Rights in Africa, 'DejoOlowu; Chapter 3 The African Regional System for the
Protection of Children's Rights, AmandaLloyd; Chapter 4 Domestication of
Children's Rights in National Legal Systems in African Context,
JuliaSloth-Nielsen; Chapter 5 African Customary Law and Children's Rights,
ChumaHimonga; Chapter 6 Combating Child Poverty, DanwoodM. Chirwa; Part 2;
Chapter 7 Child Participation in Africa, LouiseCheryl, EhlersFrank; Chapter
8 Restorative Justice in Child Justice Systems in Africa, AnnSkelton;
Chapter 9 The Impact of International Law on Children's Rights on Juvenile
Justice Law Reform in the African Context, Godfrey O.Odongo; Chapter 10 The
Protection of Children from All Forms of Violence - African Experiences,
DakshaKassan; Chapter 11 The Protection of Refugee Children Under the
African Human Rights System, ThokoKaime; Chapter 12 Children at Both Ends
of the Gun, Benyam D.Mezmur; Chapter 13 Implementing the Girl Child's Right
to Education in Selected Countries in Africa, LeaMwambene; Chapter 14
Trafficking of Children in Africa, JacquiGallinetti, DakshaKassan; Chapter
15 Intercountry Adoption from an African Perspective, TrynieDavel; Chapter
16 HIV/Aids and Children's Rights in Law and Policy in Africa,
JuliaSloth-Nielsen, Benyam D.Mezmur; Chapter 17 The Hidden Ones,
HeleneCombrinck; Chapter 18 Worst Forms of Child Labour, JacquiGallinetti;